St. Paul daily globe., 1887-12-17

George h. LOring. of Massachusetts;
J. B. Heatwole, of Minnesota; Col. John
Atkinson. of Michigan: r. w. Brecken-
ridge. of Nebraska; F. A. MeGowen. of
New Jersey: Frederick Smyth, of New
Hampshire: A. A. Straut, of Maine: n.
VI. Lyman. of Ohio; l.. A. Simonds. of
New York; G. T. Warwick, of Pennsyl-
vania; ID. Russell Brown, of Rhode
Island: J. w. Southwark, of Virginia; !;
". c. Smith. of Vermont; r. NJ. Lafol-
lette, of Wisconsin: Nathan Goff. of
West Virginia; W. &. Squire, of
Washington Territory; K. Y. Roberts,
of Tennessee. For secretaries: Chief
secretary. Col. Charles w. Johnson, of
Minnesota: assistant, first. Z. A. Sum-
ner, Minnesota; second, John z. Ken
drick, Rhode Island: third, Col. Fred Z.
Farnsworth. Michigan; fourth, w. g..
Dunlap. of Kentucky; fifth, L. A.
SouthwOrth. Massachusetts,: sixth,
Henry :. Paul. Pennsylvania; seventh,
William j. 0lcott. New York; eighth,
{. s. Forbes. Vermont; ninth, John
Mitchell, Jr, Virginia. The report was
adopted and a vote of thanks was ten
dered to Hon. p. j. Ryan for the able
and impartial manner in which he had
discharged the duty of temporary chair
man. Recess was then taken till 3 p.
m. the delegation of the several states
and territories TO select vice president
and member of the executive committee
of tht National league. in the mean-
time. 1t was after o'clock, however,
when the convention was again called
to order. New York was the last to
arrive. They had spent the recess in
one of the small halls at the Grand
opera house caucUsing for candidates
to present to the convention as officers
of the proposed National league. They
had prepared the following list: Presi-
dent, Chauncey NJ. Depew, New York:
vice president, James Z. Blanchard, for
New York; executive committeeman
for New York, Edgar L. Bracket. A
count made during recess showed that
there were 1,:3}53 delegates present and
$50 clubs represented. In addition to
these $50 credentials of 15 clubs have
been presented tG the committee. but 10
delegates have applied for their creden-
tialS. The report of the committee also
showed that Ohio's representation had
been increased to fitty-two delegates.
After Chairman EvartS had taken his
seat amid applause there were repeated
calls for
GEN. NATHAN GOFF,
of West Virginia. who descended from
the gallery and climbed to the platform.
After thanking the convention for its
welcome to him. Gen. Golf said: Il
come from q land south of the Mason
line and represent Republicans. We
are Republicans from conviction. We
are Of country that, before the Organi-
zation of the Republican party, was suf-
fering from the blight of slavery, ignO-
rance and Democracy. We are RepuD-
iicans because living in that land we
believe that American labor and industry
should lie protected. by law lCheersI. The
Democratic party has been false to that
idea" The speaker then referred to
the war in which: some of West Vir-
ginia'S SOILS fought on the Union side
and some under the stars and bars: but
they all voted for James q. Blaine at
the last election. Gen. Golf followed
with an eulogy of the Repub
Iican party, and concluded as fol-
lows; With Allison, of Iowa; Lin
coin, of Illinois; Harrison, of Indiana;
Sherman, of Ohio; Hawley, of Connect
lieut.; Eyarts and Hiscoek, of New
York; Phil Sheridan, of the United
States. and last. but not least. Blaine,
of Maine. we should win" Cheers
followed each name. Chairman EVartS,
at the close of Gen. GOff'S remarks,
stated that the committee on resolutions
was ready to report, and Hon. John A.
kasSon, of Iowa. then read the
CoA1MITTEE'S S HEPoRT As Fol LOWS:
The associated delegates of the Re
publican clubs of the United States, now
assembled for the first time i'll national
convention, deem it a fit occasion for
declaring to their cOuntrymen the pur-
poses of their organization. We hold it
our duty, specially to the young men of
the country, whose patriotic sentiments
we would arouse into political activ-
ity, to give them reasons which
will justify and demand their
Jealous concurrence and active
cooperation in our efforts. From the
earliest organization of the Republican
party it has appealed to the nObleSt and
highest impulses of human nature; it
has devoted itself to the education of
the masses of the people, holding that
an Intelligent knowledge of political in
stitutiOns is needful to the full exercise
of the duties of citizenship. Where the
people are kings they must know how
to govern. Republicans have also from
the first been animated by the sacred
fire Of human liberty. and have per-
sisted in demanding its extension to
every human being within the national
Jurisdiction. As fruits of their courage
and devotion to this great cause they
point to millions now emancipated, and
the complete removal from our flag of
the accurSed stain of slavery. In
1851 the then refgning Democracy
repudiated all uHqucStiOned election
and sought to gain by war what they
had lost by popular votes. The Repub-
Iiean party. coming into power without
experience in government, developed a
capacity which brought that war to a
successful conclusion, and at its close
found themselves so strong as to de-
mand of the most Warlike nation of
Europe the withdrawal of its armies
from the American continent, and the
demand was respected and the Monroe
doctrine fearleSSly enforced. They
found government in 1861 with debt,
all empty treasury and without credit.
They delivered it to the Democracy i'll
1855 with credit undoubted, treasury
0vercharged with riches, and with
streams of overflowing supply. which
even that party has found itself
hitherto incompetent to stop. Under
the magic hand of Republican intelli-
gence the very burdens of taxation, i'm
posed by patriotism. were converted
into productive service of new natural
wealth. They have from the beginning
denounced reputation of public debts
and the dishonor of the country for un-
redeemed and irredeemable paper prom
ises. Their record shows every promise
now redeemed, the country rescued
from all embarrassment of debt, and all
our citizens proud of financial achieve
n"nts which lave given equal amaze
meIt to the world abroad and gratifica-
t;GM 20 eur own people. They have dis
covered the UnmeaSUred wealth of our
national resources and have established
a credit beyond that of any nation in
the civilized world They found Il ter
riturH already vast. but made it wider
yet. so that now rays of the setting sun
arr still lingering on our Islands of the
BehriRg sea while the beams of
morning light awake the fisher
mru on the coast of Maine. They
found the states tiIirty-fOur and
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